Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-23
The Lady and the Terror.
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One of the delightful days OF last week a
young lady well known in the exclusive first
circles OF San Francisco society for unrivaled
personal charms and elegance OF accomplish
ments, was driven AROUND to make a congrat-
ulatOry call upon married lady friend who
was happily conValescing from that Occas-
ional sacred event in the lives of welded
ladies, which, far from being sickness, is the
perfect culminatiOn of their health. She was
shown into the parlor, and for the few
minutes required to arrange for the
reception IN that room where mother
ana child were doing as well as could
be expected. was left with no other to en-
terGaIn her than the only son and heir of the
house, Master Charles, then in his fourth
year. But Charlie was fully equal to the
situation, and promised to grow up into an
ornament of society that will never be
abashed by beauty. however brilliant, into
the painful negative of ''nO conversation
After some unessentiai preliminary remarks,
Master Charles approached nearer the visitor
and, lowering his tone INTO confidential,
asked
Miss -, 90 dot baby 90
The young lady gave one swift glance
around to assure herself there was no other
nearer of this pertinent question, aud replied:
mo, Charlie, dear, have not ="
And did 90 never have Il baby ?"
In spite of the youth of her eager interlocu-
tor her handsome eyes drOoped before his in
gennous gaze and her pretty face flushed as
she replied:
No, Charlie, l never did. Is not this a
beautiful uaY -
And amt 90 never doin't to have no baby?"
persisted Charlie. declining to enter on The
tempting conversational side track of the
weather.
My boy, can't tell. Tell me all the names
OF whom those are the photographs"
land don't 90 want babV?"
why. Charlie, what close questioner vou
are. If you are not careful YOU will grow
INTO one OF those newspaper intervleWers
and then what Will your poor mamma think
of youf'
"Because," continued Charlie. utterly re-
1uslng TO d. switched off, ~ knOw where 90
tan oct one. The doctor brought nv mamma
one, and he keepth them in his Offth, You
Juth do down Elth tnreet to MarLet threet
ana den 90 do down Martet threeC to Tarney
threGt, and den 90 do down Tarney tbrect
ever tho lar, and den 90 do up lot OF thairth
and thath whore ne teeps 'em. And they're
awful cheap, too. My papa hathn't paid tor
my mammals yet. hut beth d0in' to-"
"Wel. Charlie, I'm sure I'm much Obliged
to you for your full directions, anu l'u know
just where to co."
"Oh. NTH -, 90 needn't do, Pll tell nv
papa juth ath thoon ath everh etums home
That 90 want baby. and he'll Diet one for 90.
Thst young lady seized thatIIttle boy by his
two shou Iders. and. leaning over so as to look
1ull into his eyes she said with an imDres
slveness lent by sudden terror:
''See here, Charlie listen to me. don't
thing about it 10 your papa I'll never like You
any more At all, at all, never, never, never
Now, will you urOmlse?'
wei II 90 don't want a baby ! won't but
10; ever body like TO have babieth, | dov
The interview was here terminated by the
entrance of servant to usher the visitor into
the presence of the convalescent lady.